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The Ritalin class-action lawsuits were a series of federal lawsuits in 2000, filed in five separate US states. [1] All five lawsuits were dismissed by the end of 2002. The lawsuits alleged that the makers of methylphenidate (brand name Ritalin) and the American Psychiatric Association had conspired to invent and promote the disorder ADHD to create a highly profitable market for the drug.
This list is not limited to drugs that were ever approved by the FDA. Some of them (lumiracoxib, rimonabant, tolrestat, ximelagatran and ximelidine, for example) were approved to be marketed in Europe but had not yet been approved for marketing in the US, when side effects became clear and their developers pulled them from the market.
Methylphenidate, sold under the brand names Ritalin (/ ˈ r ɪ t ə l ɪ n / RIT-ə-lin) and Concerta (/ k ə n ˈ s ɜːr t ə / kən-SUR-tə) [citation needed] among others, is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant used medically to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and, to a lesser extent, narcolepsy.
3D molecular rendering of methylphenidate (MPH). This is a list of methylphenidate (MPH or MPD) analogues, or Phenidates.The most well known compound from this family, methylphenidate, is widely prescribed around the world for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and certain other indications.
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In the recruitment universe, he said, he hears comments all the time about how many younger people don’t want to work anymore, or people don’t want to stay in one place too long.
"But the funding model that was created ... is not working anymore." When that model was drawn up, MLK was expected to handle 25,000 emergency department visits a year, hospital officials said.
The TCAs were used in the past in the clinical treatment of ADHD, [13] though they are not typically used anymore, having been replaced by more effective agents with fewer side effects such as atomoxetine (Strattera, Tomoxetin) and stimulants like methylphenidate (Ritalin, Focalin, Concerta), and amphetamine (Adderall, Attentin, Dexedrine ...